Question 447709
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The diagonal of a rectangle forms the hypotenuse of a right triangle with the sides of the rectangle as the legs.  Use the Pythagorean theorem to calculate the measure of the diagonal given the measures of the two sides.  Subtract this result from the sum of the two sides to determine the distance saved.


You must round to the nearest tenth because of the problem's instructions.  However, note that rounding to the nearest tenth is inappropriate since the measurements of the sides of the rectangle were given as whole number precision.  Had the problem constructor wanted one-tenth precision s/he should have given the measurements as 500.0 feet and 200.0 feet.  And no, they are NOT the same thing.


John
*[tex \LARGE e^{i\pi} + 1 = 0]
My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
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